What are some alternative words for comb?
Synonyms for comb
koʊm
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Princeton's WordNet
comb(noun)
a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
comb, cockscomb, coxcomb(noun)
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
Synonyms:
cockscomb, combing, common cockscomb, coxcombcomb(noun)
any of several tools for straightening fibers
comb(noun)
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
comb, combing(verb)
the act of drawing a comb through hair
"his hair needed a comb"
comb(verb)
straighten with a comb
"comb your hair"
Synonyms:
comb out, disentangle, ransackcomb, ransack(verb)
search thoroughly
"They combed the area for the missing child"
Synonyms:
rifle, foray, disentangle, ransack, loot, despoil, strip, comb out, pillage, reave, plundercomb, comb out, disentangle(verb)
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
"comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
Synonyms:
unsnarl, disentangle, ransack, unwind, extricate, comb out, disencumber, disembroil, untangle, disinvolve, weed out, straighten out
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #3862 | strip | |
| #9498 | crest | |
| #10008 | rifle | |
| #16013 | comb | |
| #25353 | loot | |
| #25712 | unwind | |
| #37254 | plunder | |
| #39511 | foray | |
| #56137 | combing | |
| #60754 | pillage | |
| #88509 | extricate | |
| #91552 | alveoli | |
| #97520 | disentangle | |
| #99443 | untangle | |
| #133533 | combis | |
| #164671 | ransack | |
| #228192 | despoil | |
| #297444 | cockscomb | |
| #299248 | coxcomb |
How to use comb in a sentence?
Giorgos Zambetas, Greek musician:
Experience is a comb that is given to you, when you have already lost you hair.
Get yourself a good lice comb, read the instructions and use it.
Use a blow-dry serum on your hair as it dries, add the serum and then comb through your hair – the serum will help cut down frizziness.
Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble song,Whistle through your comb.Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something silly in the worldThat ain't been there before.
Investors are going over (the Fed's) words with a fine-tooth comb, the volatility does present some opportunities.
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